Description: A multiple-ending story about a young person who travels back in time and meets a Nez Perce girl named Kaya in 1764

Note: The other two books in the Beforever series, The Journey Begins: A Kaya Classic, Volume 1 and Smoke on the Wind: A Kaya Classic, Volume 2 by Janet Shaw were both originally published in 2002 as part of the original Kaya series, so they are cited as such and not cross-referenced here.

Description: Fictional story about the love affair between a man previously married to a Nez Perce woman and a woman reluctantly following her husband along the Oregon Trail. Explores the complicated relationships amongst traders, immigrants, and the Nez Perce.

Description: Fiction story of a man named Matt Crane, an explorer with Lewis and Clark. Matt meets a young Nez Perce woman and she becomes pregnant with his child before he returns to the “white man’s world,” where he starts a new family. The story chronicle the meeting of his two sons across cultural lines.

Description: Fiction story of a man named John Crane and his reunion with his half brother, Tall Bird, a member of the Nez Perce tribe, during a time of political violence and social violence along racial lines.

A Difficult Passage / (A forgotten tale of the Oregon Trail) / Whitman Mission Murderers Remain / at Large; a Regiment of Mounted Riflemen Is Ordered to Bring Them In / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt / and / Lawrence J. Hunt / “The mules were poor, unbroken, and by no means / calculated for such a march… the drivers were not / only stupid, but totally ignorant of their duty….” / Major Osborne Cross, May 20, 1849 / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol. VII

Description: Fictionalized story of the volunteer army sent to punish the members of the Cayuse tribe responsible for the attack on white settlers and the Whitman family at the Whitman Mission during the measles epidemic brought on by the white settlers. Among the army is a half-Nez Perce man named Michael Two Feathers. Features other Nez Perce characters and mentions of the Nez Perce tribe.

Cayuse Country / A Flood of Emigrants Cross the ‘Big / Open’ Threatening to Overwhelm the / Cayuse Homeland / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt / and / Lawrence J. Hunt / Will you ever begin to understand the meaning of the / very soil beneath your feet? From a grain of sand / to a great mountain, all is sacred… / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol. IV

C12. Hunt, Bonnie Jo and Hunt, Lawrence J.; Land Without a Country: A Lone Wolf Clan Book [2000] 2000

Land Without a Country / It Was a Great Land Coveted by Many but / Held by None. Who Would Have the / Courage to Claim It as Theirs? / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt / and Lawrence J. Hunt / Every part of this country is sacred to my people. / Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove / has been hallowed by some fond memory or / some sad experience of my tribe. / Chief Seattle, Duwamish / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol. V

Death on the / Umatilla / Whitman Mission Murderers Are at / Large; a Volunteer Army Attempts / to Bring Them to Justice / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt and Lawrence J. Hunt / “If I give up my men that killed the settlers, to let / them be tried by your law, will you give up / your men that killed our women to let / them be tried by our law?” / Captain Jack, Modoc / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol. VI

Description: Fictionalized story of the volunteer army sent to punish the members of the Cayuse tribe responsible for the attack on white settlers and the Whitman family at the Whitman Mission during the measles epidemic brought on by the white settlers. Features Nez Perce characters and mentions of the Nez Perce tribe.

Raven Wing / A Tal of Love and Spiritual Seeking / Embroiled in a Clash of Cultures / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt / & / Lawrence J. Hunt / … Do not forget every dawn as it comes is sacred, / and every day is holy, for the light comes from / your Father… And also you must always remember / that the two-leggeds and all the other people / who stand on this earth are sacred and / should be treated as such. / White Buffalo Woman, Oglala / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol. II / Revised Edition 1999

The Last Rendezvous / A Tale of High Adventure and Tragedy / in the Final Days When Mountain Men / Reigned Supreme / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt / and / Lawrence J. Hunt / … We have now to deal with another race— small and feeble / when our fathers first met them but now great and overbearing. / Strangely enough they have a mind to till the soil and / the love of possession is a disease with them. / Sitting Bull, Lakota / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol. III

Description: Fictionalized story involving the Nez Perce and mountain men in the mid-1800’s. The story concerns the last ‘rendezvous’ of the mountain men, where they would emerge from the mountains to collect supplies for the coming year.

C16. Hunt, Bonnie Jo and Hunt, Lawrence J.; The Cry of the Coyote: A Lone Wolf Clan Book [2003] 2003

The Cry of the / Coyote / Five Men Face the Gallows. Three / Are Believed to Be Innocent; / Will They Hang, Too? / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt / and / Lawrence J. Hunt / “They spoke very loudly when they said their laws / were made for everybody, but we soon learned that / although they expected us to keep them, they thought / nothing of breaking them themselves…” / Plenty Coups, Crow / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol. VIII

C17. Hunt, Bonnie Jo and Hunt, Lawrence J.; The Great Powwow (The Day Mother Earth Was Stolen Away): A Lone Wolf Clan Book [2004] 2004

The Great Powwow / (The Day Mother Earth Was Stolen Away) / Thousands of Indian People Are Promised a / New Life If They Will Give Their Homelands / To the Great White Father / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt / and / Lawrence J. Hunt / This country holds your father’s body. Never sell the bones of your father and mother…. / Dying words of Tuekakas, father of Chief Joseph, Nez Perce / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol. IX

The Lone Wolf Clan / An Awesome Vision Launches the Lone Wolf Clan / on a Journey that Changes Their Lives Forever / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt / and / Lawrence J. Hunt / We have always been here. We would rather die here. Our fathers did. / We cannot leave them here. Our children were born here— how / can we go away? If you give us the best place in the world, / it is not so good for us as this…. This is our home. / Weinock, Yakima / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol 1

C19. Hunt, Bonnie Jo and Hunt, Lawrence J.; Vision Seeker (Patriarch of the People in Peril): A Lone Wolf Clan Book [2005] 2005

Vision Seeker / (Patriarch of a People in Peril) / Their Precious Horses Were Slaughtered, / Their Lodges Burned and Food Storehouses / Destroyed. What Does the Future Hold? / by / Bonnie Jo Hunt / and / Lawrence J. Hunt / “I could not help thinking that there was a better way to deal / with Indians than to begin conquering sword and / follow it up with starvation… / General Oliver O. Howard, US Army / A Lone Wolf Clan Book, Vol. X

Description: Fictionalized story of western expansion through the eyes of the Lone Wolf Clan as steam engine trains begin to come to the west. Features Nez Perce characters and mentions of the Nez Perce tribe.

Description: Fiction story of a one-quarter Nez Perce man named Cord Sutton who adopts a Western lifestyle to hide his heritage. In his journey to purchase an island in the Yellowstone wilderness, he meets heiress Laura Fielding and the two begin a romance and share their true identities.

Description: Fiction story of a Nez Perce woman, Dove, who is raped and impregnated by a white man. She plans to end her own life but is saved by Wewukiye, the lake spirit, who cares for her until she gives birth. A romance blossoms as the two plan to restore Dove’s place amongst her tribe.

Description: Fiction story of Sa-qan, the eagle spirit trying to save her Nez Perce niece as the Nez Perce are forced out of the Wallowa Valley by the United States Army. Sa-qan assumes a human form and meets Lt. Wade Watts, who also wishes to end the war. The two form an alliance and a romance blossoms.

Description: Fictionalized telling of the Nez Perce’s exile into Idaho and the following battle, the Battle of the Big Hole, the bloodiest battle of the Nez Perce War.

Reviews: “Lay the Mountains Low. Review of Lay the Mountains Low: The Flight of the Nez Perce from Idaho and the Battle of the Big Hole, August 9-10, 1877, by Terry C. Johnston. Publishers Weekly, May 29, 2000. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-26189-4

Description: Memoir by the first Native American new anchor to broadcast on national evening news. Topics in the memoir include childhood memories, Kauffman’s career as a reporter, relationships, and religion.

Description: Fictionalized story of Eliza Spalding Warren, daughter of Henry and Eliza Spalding, missionaries to the Nez Perce. Eliza Spalding Warren finds her mother’s diary and looks through it to discover more about her past.

Description: Sequel to Winterkill by the same author, about a Nez Perce man, Danny Kachiah, and his son Jack, who becomes an unexperienced fire fighter to fight a wildfire. Danny follows Jack into the flames, where he hears a whistling man, a ghost, and he takes it as a sign to make his Nez Perce heritage a part of the lives of him and his son.

Text Contents: “Chapter 1 The Race for Horse of the Dawn,” “Chapter 2 The Search for the Weyeknin,” “Chapter 3 The River of No Return,” “Chapter 4 The Place of Butterflies,” “Chapter 5 Escape from Lapwai,” “Chapter 6 The Return of the Horse of the Dawn,” “Chapter 7 The Vision of Two Rivers,” “Chapter 8 The Death of the First Warrior,” “Chapter 9 The Battle at Clearwater River,” “Chapter 10 Raid near Kamiah,” “Chapter 11 Montana, a False Heaven,” “Chapter 12 The Snowflowers,” “Chapter 13 Journey to Yellowstone and Beyond,” “Chapter 14 Friend against Friend, Brother against Brother,” “Chapter 15 The Final Battle at Bear Paws”

Description: Juvenile fiction story of orphaned two Nez Perce teens, Full Moon and Snowflower, during the Nez Perce War. The two are captured by the whites and put in a boarding school, Full Moon experiences romance, and Snowflower learns about maturity. A palomino horse named Horse of the Dawn makes several appearances.

Description: Memoir/autobiography-styled work of creative fiction by a Nez Perce/Osage/Anglo man about his identity. While some chapters seem to fall under the category of creative nonfiction, others seem to be nonfiction essays. However, the work as a whole seems to be told in manner of creative nonfiction, as the author’s story is interspersed with these essays.

Description: Fiction story of part-Nez Perce boy named Palimony Blue growing up in a small town in California. His mother, who believes he needs help with his dreaming, dreams the weyekin, the spirit guide, to help him on the right path. Pal’s father ends up in jail, Pal hopes for romance, and the weyekin is not totally competent and appears in unexpected places, times, and ways.

Description: Fiction story of a young Nez Perce man named John Seton in the 1870’s, living in north Central Idaho, then on a reservation, and then on the Salmon River with the Lamtama band. After his mother’s death, he is drawn into the Nez Perce War. He encounters a message from Old Man Coyote and struggles to find his place in a clash of cultures.

Text Contents: “Meet Kaya: An American Girl”: “Chapter One Race!,” “Chapter Two Switchings!,” “Chapter Three Courtship Dance,” “Chapter Four Rescued from the River” “Kaya’s Escape!: A Survival Story”: “Chapter One Taken Captive!,” “Chapter Two Slaves of the Enemy,” “Chapter Three Escape!,” “Chapter Four On the Buffalo Trail” “Kaya’s Hero: A Story of Giving”: “Chapter One Runaway Horse!,” “Chapter Two Lessons from a Basket,” “Chapter Three A Sick Baby,” “Chapter Four Gifts from Swan Circling” “Kaya and Lone Dog: A Friendship Story”: “Chapter One A Starving Dog,” “Chapter Two Newborn Puppies,” “Chapter Three More Warnings,” “Chapter Four Danger for the Pups,” “Chapter Five A Sad Parting” “Kaya Shows the Way: A Sister Story”: “Chapter One The Sound of the Falls,” “Chapter Two Dangerous Crossing!,” “Chapter Three Stranded by the Storm,” “Chapter Four A New Path” “Changes for Kaya: A Story of Courage”: “Chapter One Smoke on the Wind,” “Chapter Two The Rogue Stallion’s Herd,” “Chapter Three Trapped by Fire,” “Chapter Four Gifts”

Note: All stories in this collection were additionally published separately, and some were reprinted again after the collection was published. Those published within this collection have not been cited again. The Beforever series, including the books The Journey Begins and Smoke on the Wind are composites of the books in this collection in this manner: The Journey Begins includes the first three books in the collection and Smoke on the Wind includes the last two.

C43. Swayne, Zoa L. and Bates, Carol Ann Goodrich (editor); Do Them No Harm: An Interpretation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Among the Nez Perce Indians [1990, 2003 as Do Them No Harm!: Lewis and Clark Among the Nez Perce] 1990

Do Them No Harm! / An Interpretation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Among the Nez Perce Indians / Zoa L. Swayne / Author and Illustrator / Edited by Carol Ann Goodrich Bates / Published by Legacy House Inc. / Orofino, Idaho

Description: Fictionalized telling of the Nez Perce War from the perspective of General O. O. Howard with flashbacks to the Civil War. Includes supporting characters of historical significance: Sound of Running Feet (Chief Joseph’s daughter), Springtime and Good Woman (Chief Joseph’s wives), Colonel David Perry (of the war’s first battle), War-Chief Looking Glass, and C.E.S. Wood.

E2. Phil George. “An-Himh Hi-Hi (White Winter).” In Dancing on the Rim of the World: An Anthology of Contemporary Northwest Native American Writing edited by Andrea Lerner, 79. Tucson, Arizona: Sun Tracks and the University of Arizona Press, 1990.

Keywords: Poetry, Literature

E3. Phil George. “Grand Entry.” In Dancing on the Rim of the World: An Anthology of Contemporary Northwest Native American Writing edited by Andrea Lerner, 79-80. Tucson, Arizona: Sun Tracks and the University of Arizona Press, 1990.

Keywords: Poetry, Literature

E4. Phil George. “Ice Fishin’.” In Dancing on the Rim of the World: An Anthology of Contemporary Northwest Native American Writing edited by Andrea Lerner, 83. Tucson, Arizona: Sun Tracks and the University of Arizona Press, 1990.

Description: Poetry collection by Phil George, member of the Nez Perce tribe.

Note: 1985 version cited for the sake of ready availability. Many poems contained are also featured in other publications, such as Voices of the Rainbow: Contemporary Poetry by American Indians.

Keywords: Poetry, Literature

E6. Phil George. “Northwest Natives: Where Have All Our People Gone?.” In Dancing on the Rim of the World: An Anthology of Contemporary Northwest Native American Writing edited by Andrea Lerner, 80-81. Tucson, Arizona: Sun Tracks and the University of Arizona Press, 1990.

Keywords: Poetry, Literature

E7. George, Phil. “Old Man, the Sweat Lodge.” In From Here We Speak: An Anthology of Oregon Poetry edited by Ingrid Wendt and Primus St. John, 205. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1993.

E10. George, Phil. “Thumbing Guy.” In Dancing on the Rim of the World: An Anthology of Comtemporary Northwest Native American Writing edited by Andrea Lerner, 82. Tucson, Arizona: Sun Tracks and the University of Arizona Press, 1990.

E12. Wood, C. E. S. “Man’s Battle with the Titans Is Begun.” In Wood Works: The Life and Writings of Charles Erskine Scott Wood edited by Edwin Bingham and Time Barnes, 86. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1997. Originally published in C. E. S. Wood Sonnets, 1918.

Note: Sonnet composed upon Wood’s return through the area he passed through to join in the Nez Perce War. Generally thought to be about the Nez Perce.

F5. Hernández-Avila, Inés. “In the Trace of Each Footstep: The Constant Song of SpiritMemory.” In Eating Fire, Tasting Blood: An Anthology of the American Indian Holocaust, edited by Marijo Moore, n.p. unknown city: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006.

Keywords: Creative Nonfiction, Culture, Short Stories, Literature

F6. Hilden, Patricia Penn. Foreword to The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival, by J. Diane Pearson, ix-xi. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma, 2008.

F18. “The Joke Was on the Whites in Pendleton.” In The Stories We Tell: An Anthology of Oregon Folk Literature edited by Suzi Jones and Jarold Ramsey, 29-30. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1994. Originally published in the Oregonian, p. 1 (Portland, Oregon: 1837).